We celebrated the 2018 History Department Awards on April 23rd in Alumni Hall. The awards were distributed following three excellent presentations of exceptional student work by Patrick Spoon, Gabriel Higgs, and Hannah Lohman. Congratulations to all of our winners:
HSS Scholars – Carolyn Dorey and Grace Hall
Outstanding History Student Award with Service – Catherine “Cappy” Yarbrough
The William Moultrie Cup – Abigail Calvert
The Douglas & Elizabeth Clark Memorial Scholarship – Mills Pennebaker
Society of First Families of South Carolina Scholarship – Mary Scott Gilbert and Mackenzie Turner
The Albert R. Simonds Special Merit Award – Mary Elizabeth Daly
The Alexander C. Dick Pre-Law Scholarship – Laquisha Denise Harris
The George & Agnes Heltai Award in History – Nathaniel Yungman
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- Patrick Spoon presents his work, “Perception Versus Reality: Jimmy Carter and the Iranian Hostage Crisis.”
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- Gabriel Higgs presents his work, “Metaphor in Social Memory: The Role of Bog Bodies in Irish Post-Troubles Reconciliation Efforts”
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- Hannah Lohman presents her work, “The Necropolis and Its Railway for the Dead”
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- Cappy Yarbrough
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- Abigail Calvert
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- Mills Pennebaker
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- Mary Scott Gilbert
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- Mackenzie Turner
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- Mary Elizabeth Daly
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- Laquisha Denise Harris
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- Nathaniel Yungman
